『ps: Thanks to the 10,000 yuan reward from the boss "Sugar Mixed Tomatoes""

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Perhaps Zhao Yu didn't know that Mao Jue served as the county magistrate in Ye County for more than 20 years. He never accepted gifts from others, never attended banquets from others, and never easily invited prominent figures from Ye County to their homes for wine.

It is precisely for this reason that the rich and powerful merchants in Ye County today almost did not react after they received the invitation.

Mao Jue, Mao Guoqi, the old county magistrate who is stubborn and upright, who is so irritating that people can't help but respect him, actually invited a drink for the first time?

This is really...

Not to mention drinking any wine, even if you drink a bowl of water, you have to join in the fun and see what happened.

The next morning, the invited merchants and aristocratic families came to the county government. For a moment, the streets and alleys in front of the county government were crowded, and the carriages gathered here almost blocked the streets and alleys.

Under the guidance of the officers in the county yamen, prominent figures in the city were invited to the Houyamen.

Speaking of the size of the Houya, in fact, as far as the county government is concerned, it is far less than that of the township marquis' mansion, not to mention that Mao Gong believes that the front yard is a place for office work and cannot do private affairs, so the invited group of people are now crowded in the courtyard of the Houya, filling the courtyard with the ground. The six benches prepared in advance are not enough to accommodate so many people, so that more than half of the people can only stand.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yu was secretly shocked by the appeal of this old man Mao in Ye County. He is truly the old county magistrate who has served for more than 20 years.

At the same time, I also envied Yin Fu in Ye County.

Although he didn't know how many wealthy families there were in Luyang County, he was definitely not as good as Ye County.

Seeing that people were almost there, Mao Jue led Zhao Yu out of the study and came to the crowded courtyard.

When everyone in the yard saw this Mao Gong, they saluted and greeted him, and even joked.

"Mr. Mao, are you invited to have a drink today?"

"This yard seems to be unable to sit open. How about moving the winery down there?"

"Mr. Mao, is there enough wine in your house that so many people drink here?"

Facing everyone's jokes, Mao Jue smiled without saying a word. After walking to everyone, he pressed his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet. Then, he bowed and said, "Everyone is here to admire his face, I am very grateful..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a laugh in the crowd, "Don't say that Mr. Mao invited him to drink, even if he invited him to drink a bowl of water, then we have to come!"

Hearing this, everyone in the yard laughed at the same time.

Indeed, it is really rare for this old man to invite a drink.

Mao Jue smiled and waited for everyone to calm down again, then he said seriously: "Actually, I invite you to come today, not for official business, but for private matters..."

After saying that, he turned to Zhao Yu, waved his hand to signal Zhao Yu to walk to him, and then introduced to everyone: "I have introduced you to you, this son, Zhao Yu, the second son of the Marquis of Luyang Township, is a young and intelligent little boy. Today he begs me to help me and invite you here, hoping to discuss business and profit matters with you."

After saying that, he walked to the small stool beside him and sat down.

In front of everyone, Zhao Yu bowed to everyone in the courtyard.

"The second son of the Marquis of Luyang Township?"

"Marquis of Luyang Township? Zhao Jing and Zhao Gongyu?"

"Well, it is said that Zhao Gongyu and Mao Gong are friends for ages..."

Everyone in the yard looked at Zhao Yu and whispered.

The Marquis of Luyang Township and Mao Gong were friends for ages. The latter invited everyone for some reason to discuss a business matter together. Although this matter was a bit contrary to Mao Gong's upright and unfavorable character, it was reasonable. But the problem was that no matter how it was, Zhao Gongyu, the Marquis of Luyang Township, had to come forward. What was his son coming forward? Besides, he was so young.

At this time, Mao Jue stood up again and said to everyone: "Everyone, give me a thin face and listen carefully to this person."

Hearing this, the people in the yard who were talking in the yard gradually became quiet.

Zhao Yu looked at Mao Jue who sat down again with gratitude, and then said to everyone present: "You don't have to care about my age, just pay attention to what I said next... Maybe you don't know that General Wang Shangde, who was stationed in Wancheng, is preparing to build a military city in order to better fight the rebels, and use the benefits of the military city to earn money and grain as military pay and military food. I was fortunate to get a certificate from General Wang, please look."

As he said that, he took out the certificate from his arms, shook the silk cloth open, pinched the two corners on it, and hanged it in front of everyone.

It was similar to Mao Jue's reaction when he saw this object just now. When he saw this voucher, everyone in the yard was shocked and could not speak with their eyes open.

"this……"

A middle-aged man sitting in the front row asked in surprise: "Is it really the certificate issued by General Wang?"

Zhao Yu laughed and said, "Of course it's true. Who dares to fake such things?"

When everyone in the yard nodded secretly when they heard this, they chose to believe Zhao Yu's words.

Yes, let alone Wang Shangde's signature and general seal, who dares to use this thing as a fake?

I have to say that the power of this certificate is indeed huge. If the people in the yard just calmed down just now, then they really wanted to learn more from Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu did not disappoint them, and said in a tempting way: "What is a military city? Maybe some people know, maybe some people don't know. Simply put, it is a market facing the army. All the goods in the market are sold to General Wang's soldiers. Of course, sometimes they will directly trade with General Wang. What does this mean? Everyone, General Wang has more than 100,000 troops. I don't think of Ye County under my command, but how many people in Ye County are there? The county town and the village, I guess there are less than 10,000 households, 50,000 or 60,000 people. If this is the case, General Wang's military city is worth three.

Geye County... At first glance, it seems like this, but in fact, it is far more than three times that of Ye County! Take wine as an example. How many people in Ye County drink? Based on 50,000 or 60,000, 20,000 people are almost the same? After all, most women and children need to be eliminated, and what about General Wang’s military city? The more than 100,000 soldiers under his command are all young and strong men. I don’t say that everyone likes to drink. The cold winter is approaching, and those who don’t like to drink must drink some wine to drive away the cold? Ye County is about 20,000, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers in the military city. This is a tenfold gap. You can imagine how huge the benefits of this military city are."

Listening to Zhao Yu's words, the courtyard became quieter. No wonder, a brand new huge market ten times that of Ye County really attracted the minds of the people present, making them involuntarily listen to Zhao Yu's story carefully, and gradually ignored Zhao Yu's age.

Facing the gradually silent crowd, Zhao Yu shook the certificate in his hand and said with a smile: "This military city of more than ten or twenty thousand yuan cannot be satisfied, not to mention that my township marquis's mansion cannot be satisfied, even if I am Luyang County, I thought of Ye County... To put it bluntly, today I came to Ye County, and planned to lead everyone from Ye County to General Wang's military city to make money."

Everyone in the yard looked at each other.

Suddenly, someone sitting in the front row spoke, "Second Young Master...this name should be appropriate?...The second Young Master bluntly said that he wanted to lead me to General Wang's military market to make money. This is of course a good thing for us, but I have a few questions. I wonder if the second Young Master can solve my doubts?"

Zhao Yu turned around and found that he was a middle-aged man with a slightly bloated figure. He asked politely: "What do you call me?"

The middle-aged man bowed and said, "In Xia Wei Pu, there are some small business in the city that is not worthy of praise..."

Before he finished speaking, someone in the crowd smiled and said, "Wei Laosan, you are too humble. At least half of the city in Ye County are drinking the tea made by your house. Not to mention that your house has a wine deal, right?"

"Small business, small business, is not worthy of praise." Wei Pu said with a smile, which caused laughter from many people from the side, some of whom were kind and some of whom were disdainful.

Immediately, he turned to look at Zhao Yu and asked again: "I wonder if the second young master can solve my doubts?"

Zhao Yu nodded, bowed his hand and said, "Please speak."

Seeing this, Wei Pu said seriously: "First of all, I would like to ask, what is the benefit of the second young master taking us to the military market to make money?"

Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, Zhao Yu shook his head in a silence, and then said seriously: "My father and Mr. Mao have been intimate for many years, so I won't mention it if you love the house and the slaughter... If you don't even believe a three-year-old child like this, I will not mention it. That's right, I can promise here, what should I promise? I promise that I can convince General Wang Shangde to buy some of the goods you have in your hands at the market price, but in return, I will draw 10% of the income!"

Hearing Zhao Yu's words, the courtyard suddenly became silent.

After a while, Wei Pu said with a strange expression: "The second young master means that if the second young master brought Wei to General Wang's military market, if the jar of wine was sold for 100 copper coins, I would have to have ninety copper coins, and the second young master... or the mansion would have to get ten pieces for free? Is that true?"

"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded.

"The freight on the way... is also borne by Wei?"

"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded again.

Suddenly, the people in the yard seemed to be in a panic and started to talk, and some even accused Zhao Yu of greed immediately.

Thinking about it, they shipped goods, manpower, and transported them to the military city, while the Marquis of Luyang Township did nothing, and it was 10% of them in vain and no one could bear it.

"I'm sorry, I can't agree!"

"Can't agree!"

"I can't agree!"

Immediately, the people in the yard expressed their opinions one after another, but more people frowned, because they found that Zhao Yu's expression was very calm, and this calm expression should not appear on the face of a ten-year-old child at all.

After a while, seeing the sound in the courtyard calmed down a little, Zhao Yu shook his head and explained: "To be precise, the marquis' mansion in my hometown did nothing. Didn't we say that? I can guarantee that General Wang would buy the goods at the lowest market price. Take the wine that the uncle surnamed Wei just mentioned as an example. If the price of a jar of wine is 100 copper coins, who can guarantee that General Wang will not lower the price? In business, I believe that General Wang also hopes to buy more wine at a lower price. If the uncle surnamed Wei is reduced to Ninety copper coins, even if there is no commission from the Marquis’ Mansion in my town, he will get this number; and even if he is suppressed to eighty copper coins, he will only get eighty copper coins; and the Marquis’ Mansion in my town can guarantee that General Wang can buy it at a fair price, so that the uncle can always get ninety coins. Even, it may not be impossible to achieve a premium, that is, exceed the market price. For example, let General Wang buy it for one hundred and ten coins, so that the uncle's income will be higher than ninety coins. This is one, and the second is…”

He shook the certificate in his hand and chuckled, "The second is the certificate in my hand!...I can guarantee that the certificate in my hand is definitely unique at the moment. Don't think it can be obtained easily. If someone doesn't believe in evil, you might as well contact the General Wang privately to see if you can get a certificate exactly like me!...I bet on him, no!"
Chapter completed!